A large urban school district has undertaken the development of an Educational Management System and monitored the impact of the administrative innovations on organizational climate. The participation of both teachers and administrators in management and decisionmaking is complemented by periodic assessment of progress in accomplishing the…

Designed to help bring students to greater understanding of concepts of the introduction to psychology and leadership course (see the final reports which summarize the course development project, EM 010 418, EM 010 419, and EM 010 484), this Structural Communications unit is coordinated with the instructional unit in the core course on applied…

The content is outlined and the terminal and enabling objectives are provided for a curriculum area on applied leadership (see EM 010 444, EM 010 445, EM 010 446, EM 010 447, EM 010 464, and EM 010 472), part of an introduction to psychology and leadership course for the United States Naval Academy (see the final reports which summarize the course…

Management style is a major factor in the successful accomplishment of the many tasks required of an educational administrator. An administrator's leadership style develops in proportion to his adaptation to organizational structure, his personality and value system, his concept of personal success, experiences both in and out of his managerial…

This book reports on three studies of organizational renewal conducted in eight elementary schools--four of which ranked high in organizational renewal and four of which ranked low. Examining the schools as a social system, the book deals with the theoretical context of institutional renewal in general and summarizes several empirical studies…

The underlying hypothesis of this paper is that the efficiency and effectiveness of educational organizations are affected by their structure. Primary emphasis of the paper is on investigating the link between organizational structure and organizational outputs in an effort to understand why different educational organizations are structured…

Observed the decision-reaching and leadership behavior of children in same- amd mixed-age triads by coding their verbalizations in arriving at a consensus for their preference ranking of eight pictures. (HOD)

Research finds that, in Japanese-owned plants in America, efforts are made to bring the system around slowly to a Japanese management style through acculturation, communication, and training. Problems engendered by these efforts emerge particularly at the middle management levels. Barriers to corporate unity are far fewer at the plant level. (CT)

The Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire (OCDQ), modified by Thomas and Slater for use in South Australian schools in 1970, was based on four factors (rather than the original eight): principal supportiveness or operations emphasis and teacher disaffiliation or intimacy. A recent study in New South Wales has validated this four-factor…

This article is directed toward equating some established leadership principles in guiding effective programs of vocational agriculture at the state level. The author presents leadership activities (such as cultivating linkages and consolidating resources) and suggests ideas for state program leadership in vocational agriculture (such as thinking…

Guidelines obtained from interviews with over 30 companies or business consultants are suitable for school administrators. Successful managers are increasingly interested in quality of work life, motivation, staff development, and public relations. (MLF)

Proposes a grounded typology of organizational leadership behavior based on a qualitative analysis of a Residence Life Program at a major midwestern university. Identifies four major patterns of leadership (positional, political, administrative, and relational) and explores the ways in which the patterns develop and change. (PD)

In this article, the author explains that the distinction between leaders and managers is a false one: leaders must manage their personnel and resources, and managers need to lead the people who work for them. He describes the ways in which this is true for a university president, sharing his personal experiences as the president of George…

This report describes a study in progress of principals' perceptions of leadership styles and characteristic in creating success in three high-poverty Detroit public schools. The data sources of the study were based on three effective, seasoned principals. All the principals are African American women and had at least 10 years of tenure at their…

Over the last 20 years, many districts and schools have begun to explore year-round education or a modified calendar in response to student under-achievement in low performing schools. Here, the authors detail their two-year study of Title I, year-round, or modified calendar schools that switched from a traditional to a modified schedule in order…